Telegram-herald., 1887-10-30

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ant al s4esrsilie1s ssy sa1 ce9aify
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p1smF, aa1 sol4s elEer Ilalpe1 ~
eh4zzes. tFied. ceaFl-sz1, se4ssnesd -lA
sxecgteG.
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hrss stofy u tns house " lsiss rs Lon. aila
II eo1rse. tne basement giFi1g o'4- re
s1ols sEractgrs topples, makes Nay So
sna hs s1fsriags ths 0aly doof - TIE
x|ories d He4Fsn- Hls blood ~2snss 0--
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s4lsTsd throasR Is s1fsrnks. tAs Il
EllgntYs srslh - sppe.s<d, everlasting sof
uzeE- is ssoi1ed s4a a<lssLion . frr~ - a.
tazt believe. Insxs = 10 otnef s4F 10 sss
- hs.sen-even merit sn1 MAJ nooa
amounting " very little Or aotnins Tie
sias sf a. ths s0fla. and Ihfo0zn al tiIiss
.re vicsro4sly at0ned foE-I se sils SO
nsFs sdl sniy scospt IT, Othsf"iss. tas
uAsQ1lyooaI, ScneturAl comment = De
p.rg fron ne. ys cursed into everlasting
hrs, prepared for ths devil AID as angels
And u course, lhis devil and as
snzsis must have been part OF t1e cfes-
ton II sfod made before the faii. and pre-
served through the n0Od, as OH Noah .nd
the rattle SNAKES we're. Ihey we're ua-
d0a5sstiy gotten up for that axe OF otim-
sEose aad are. where there Vas 10 DC SUB
lime orus Ot seeplngs ani sA.inss And
gnsshiGss " teeth.
5uca are The Two dispsnszu0ns. making
up ths orthodox theology o. The day
sszotic fable - % : TAI, and . reDulsse
and illogical scheme Of salvation based up
on H. Tnsy stand or tumble togethsr-
And they must tumble They were born
Ia tAs DARK ages snd belong there. God
never made as headquarters along With =
rascally old Jeslsh tribe. occupying bar
o.roa. strip Ol land about a. big the
L pper Peninsula Of Michigan-A tribe whose
oun records prove . mzjorty Of thalr peo-
PIE ~ that time richly deserved % be
transported or hung. They were largely
idOl2tors and adaltsrers. solomon lad wives
enough. saying nothing about the rest OF
bis fslx,l 10 start . full-grown salt LAAe
CITY. While old Abraham would have
roasted bis own son, Isaac, had not =
strange-horned buck got caught IN the
brush ss&r by. Sucn Kings and prophets
ia our country and age would De hunted
With sllCtxuns aud dogs When this whole
crsxy erowd said that God talked with them
aad inspired their m0nstrous doctrines and
deeds they lied. Not zen men IN the whole
OF Palestine would 90 believed under oath
did they live today. They would DC sum-
uArily marched OF 10 Jackson or kalainA'
zoo.
The God OF this great universe never got
up any such cranky schemes of dAmnatlon
or salvation. The whole affair IS sstupend-
Gus fable from beginning 10 end God
never made Adam out of dirt and then Eve
out of one of his rios. He never got N al
and cursed the earth and the whole
human race. There never was a perfect
world in the past, from which we
lords OF creation" hsve fallen. God
never tried TO drown the world, then let
old Noah escape TO start business again
out OF the same condemned stock.
God IS the great, wise and un-
scrutable power which permestes and
changing. plotting, reyengeful Palestine
potsntate. loving jacob and hating Esau. as
those Jewish priests proclaimed.
Mankind has never fallen, hence we are
not down aad need no miraculous helping
20 our fset again. The popular salvation
plan - worse than making crutches out OF
cornstalks. One man and no matter
whether be be Marys son or her cousin,
Elizabeths son. nor howsomever he was
begottsn) has shoulders broad enough to
carry the sins of all mankind. 1t would
De monstrors TO even LEI him do it-much
more TO force the burden upon him. II
woald De like the Chinese government al
lOwings guilty and sentenced criminal %
hire a substitute for the ak of the execu-
toner Every man must stand or fall on
bis own merits. Thus wrong doing IS pun
ished aad right doing IS blessed the world
over.
They are all Gods chiIdren-one ss much
as another, and this nineteenth generation
| is head and shoulders above those that were
born first The farther back you 90 the
nearer you come 70 baroaEism, not 20 az
earthly paradise. Jesus blood can no more
wash out sins than Lincoln's could. God:
| law - that no criminal shall escape. They
must stand up like men and each take hi'
own punishmsnt To even allow th'
| lash 10 fall on the back of an
other Is base and cowsrdiy. Ii is
| dodging of iudxment-all owing another
% paw your debts-a hocus-p -pocus seffsud
| ing Of Justice. y, ye sinners, and thans
| God for i'll there Is no escaping the lswfu
| penalty attached to your evil deeds
| aYou cant shoulder the burden Of you
| crimes upon another, If you would, and Il
practice such scheme Tor unloading TIT
1 reSDou ioiiity of ones wlcksdnesS. seem
more cowardly and criminal than tn
| original ofsnse.
There n God, and future life; but i
is not a Jewish. not trap business Their
| IL no scherse or plot involved. by which th'
| priests and their fiocks are saved, and tn
| rest Of the world summarily damned
| Heaven II Summer Land OF equality. sn'
| not a celestial coop for the crsnks Of theol
| ogy. The so-caled Holy Land was sim
| ply holy terror Its population. from
| Plate and HsrOd down. was principal.
made up Of tyrsnts. money changers, rsmo
| ling. hslf-crszy prophets. Cheap Johl
establishments. theological trsmps. Jeru
salem dOnksys and other beasts Of burden
| Ths whole prisst-ridden and lsper-c1re,
territory. lthro-ing n It's monuments
| lar. and fanatics vas never worth ter
dollar, an scre. aud would not bring ths
| today.
Science. kno~le.ig. and noble. right con.
duct are the only ssviors Of the world.
FARxER REYNOLDS.